This error is generated in wp-login.php , it happens if server is unable to set cookies, this can happen due to several reasons, one of the common issue is: output being sent before setting up of cookies. Try out following options: Update WordPress core, if it is not up to date change theme, if you … Read more
There is currently a botnet active, attacking WordPress and Joomla sites. And probably more. You should see more blocked logins. If you don’t, there is probably something wrong. But be aware, blocking IP addresses doesn’t help against a bot net with more than 90,000 IP addresses. And if you do that per plugin avoid Limit … Read more
wp_login_form() creates a form with an action attribute of site_url/wp-login.php, which means that when you click the submit button the form is posted to site_url/wp-login.php which ignores redirect_to on errors (like wrong password) so in your case either go back to using a plugin or recreate the whole login process and that way you will … Read more
Update: I have created a plugin for login, registration and retrieve password with email. https://wordpress.org/plugins/smart-wp-login/ Answer in short, you can configure WordPress to login with email. Three Steps: Remove default authentication function Add custom authentication function Change text “Username” in wp-login.php to “Email” One Note: Don’t edit core files. Remove WordPress default authentication function. WordPress … Read more
If you are doing this for your own site then using .htaccess might be the easiest way although it could get tricky if you want to make it work for a plugin as there would be lots of different subtle configuration differences to support. Here are some articles that could help; not all are directly … Read more
Add below line to your wp-config.php before /* That’s all, stop editing!…*/ define(‘COOKIE_DOMAIN’, $_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’] ); /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */
wp_set_auth_cookie() will log a user in without having to know their password.
Where do you need to know the user? In views the user is provided in the request as request.user. For user-handling in templates see here If you want to save the creator or editor of a model’s instance you can do something like: model.py admin.py I found this on the Internet, but I don’t know where anymore